Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

JOHN H. WEDEKING, cigar manufacturer, Beardstown; is a 
native of Beardstown; born May 11, 1844; son of Frederick 
Wedeking, a native of Germany, who came to Beardstown in 
1833, and finally settled on a farm in Arenzville Precinct, 
this county, in 1844, where he still resides, aged seventy-
three years. John H. received an ordinary education, and 
remained on the farm till 1862, when he enlisted in Co. A, 
114th Ills. Volunteer Infantry, and during his term of 
service participated in the battles of Jackson, Miss., and 
Vicksburg, and again at Jackson, Miss. At the latter place, 
July 16, 1863, he received a gunshot wound, which 
necessitated the amputation of his leg at the thigh; he lay 
in Memphis Hospital till May, 1864, and was mustered out 
that year at Jefferson Barracks. On his return to 
Beardstown, he began learning the trade of cigar making, at 
which he served two years. In 1866, he opened a cigar 
factory at Lincoln, Logan County, Ill., where he carried on 
business one and a half years, then returned to Beardstown, 
and for six years worked for John Limberger. In 1880, he 
opened his present cigar factory, No. 36 Fourth District of 
Illinois, and has since carried on business here; he 
employs three men, and manufactures about 200,000 cigars 
annually, making four brands. In 1866 he married Helena 
Tembick, of Beardstown.

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